Tokelauan speaking population
1,680 in Tokelau (1987), 99% of the population in the Tokelau Islands; 1,737 in
New Zealand (1976); 100 in American Samoa on the Olosega atoll (Biggs 1971); 100
in Hawai'i (1976); 4,500 total, out of which 65% in New Zealand (Wurm/Hattori
1981).

Alphabet
A, E, I, O, U, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, T, V (Hovdhaugen/Hoëm/Iosefo/Muruvik
Vonen 1989). F is clearly bilabial (Hovdhaugen/Hoëm/Iosefo/Muruvik Vonen 1989).
Remarks
There are dialect differences among the three Tokelau atolls. Tokelauan speakers
also live on the Olosega atoll (Swain's Island) which is politacally part of
American Samoa. Tokelauan and Tuvaluan are mutually intelligible. The language
is also closely related to Samoan. Tokelauans read the Samoan Bible and some
speak some Samoan. Most who live in Tokelau have very rudimentary knowledge of
English as a second language. Tokelauan is used in the schools.